Feed-control attachment for cotton gins



Jan. 9, 1923. 1,441,627..

J. R. HUBBARD.

FEED CONTROL ATTACHMENT FOR COTTON GINS.

FILED MAR. 31, 1922.

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aranr FEED-CUNTROL ATTACHMENT FOR CQTTUE' GINS.

Application filed March 31, 1822.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES R. HUBBARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Duncan, in the county of Stephens and State of Oklahoma have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feed-Control Attachments for Cotton Gins; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to the art of ginning cotton.

The principal object oi the invention is to provide means by which the control of the feed to a battery oi gins may be regulated by a single operator.

l-leretofore in operating cotton gins an operator has been required for each gin unit to control the flow oi. the cotton bolls to the gin saws and to raise the breast of the gin to permit the release of the empty bolls from the machine. This has been accomplished by the operator damming'the feed trough with a board or stick to stop the flow of the bolls to the gin, and then lifting the breast of the machine to release the empty bolls in the machine. After the empty bolls have been discharged the board is removed from the trough and the feed resumed. As this operation must be repeated at short intervals an operator is usually required to control each gin stand. The invention set out hereinafter relates to a manually operated control for regulating the feed of the cotton bolls to the gin, the means for controlling the discharge of the empty bolls being the subject matter of a concurrent application.

As a battery of gins may comprise four or more stands it will be readily understood that my means for regulating the feed, hereinafter describech together with the means for discharging the empty bolls of the concurrent application will save the expense of several hands at each battery and thus reduce the expense of ginning cotton.

Furthermore as the operator, with my attachment, can be remote from the gins while controlling their operation, he will be out of the dust that is a menace to health.

Serial ITO. 548,344..

The invention will be described in detail hereinafter and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a front view snowing a battery of two gin stands with my feeding attachments shown installed thereon.

Figure 2, an end view partly in section of the upper portion of the gin showing the feeding control attachments.

Referring to the drawings in which simieierence cha 'tC'CGl'S will be utilized to '3' ate corresponding parts in the several i A. indicates a suitable base on which are mounted a battery of gin stands B, B, the number of units being shown for illustration only it being understood, however that usually a battery consists of at least tour stands. Each stand is provided with a breast C pivotally mounted on the front of the gin as shown at c and adapted to be moved outwardly when the empty bolls are to be released from the gin.

D indicates the usual feeder and having a trough E that discharges into the gin.

The invention is an attachment to the machine above described and comprises a shaft 1 'ournaled on the upper portions of the feeders D.

Shaft l is provided with an operating handle 4%. that is held normally in a raised position by spring 5. A feed control board 6 is pivotally mounted as shown at '1' in the sides of each teed trough E and is provided with an arm 8 having an eye 9 in which is pivotally mounted one angle end 10 of link 11. the other angle end 12 of said linl: pivotally engaging an eye 13 of arm 14 rigidly secured to shaft 1. 99

In o eration will be understood that by pulling down on handle t feed control boards 6 will be moved into the position shown in full lines in Figure 2 and the flow of cotton bolls through trough E will be stopped. Aft-er the empty bolls have been dische 'ed by raising the gin breasts, handle 4.- is released and spring 5 will contract and lift said handle and through the instrumentality of arn s 14, links 11, arms 8 and the pivotal connections betweensaid arms 8 and feed control boards 6, said boards will be raised to permit resumption of the feed of bolls to gins B, B.

shaft and a coil spring secured to said han- 10 dle to normally move it to actuate the feed control board into an inoperative position.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses. J AMES R. HUBBARD.

lVitnesses T. C. DEMPsEY,

W. L. HEARN. 

